Dental Section, Army Medical College

The Dental Section of Army Medical College is the dental school of Army Medical College, Rawalpindi ¹². The college sits on Abid Majeed Road in Rawalpindi ².

Army Medical College was established at Rawalpindi in 1977 as a residential institution ². The dental section followed in 1998 and runs the BDS course ¹⁴.

NUMS is the admitting university for the section. NUMS lists the Dental Section, Army Medical College, first among its constituent and affiliated dental colleges ³⁵.

The fact sheet records 54 BDS seats at the section. The attached hospital is Military Hospital in Rawalpindi, and the fact sheet gives it 150 beds.

The section trains civilian students and military dental cadets together, and the college keeps admissions on the NUMS portal ³.

The fact sheet records the college as established in 1977. Its history note dates the dental section to 1998 on the Abid Majeed Road campus in Rawalpindi.

Army Medical College opened in Rawalpindi in 1977 as a residential institution ².

The college was initially affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad. It became a constituent college of NUST in 1998 and of NUMS in 2016 ².

The dental section was introduced in 1998 ¹⁴. The college now also runs postgraduate degrees including MPhil, PhD and FCPS ¹.

NUMS advertised the 27th BDS batch for the 2024-25 session ⁴, which places the section start in 1998. The classes for that batch were set to start on 27 January 2025 ⁴.

NUMS listed the section first among its constituent and affiliated dental colleges for 2025 ⁵. The PMDC register lists the section with 50 seats in Rawalpindi ⁶.

The college website now sends admission work to the NUMS portal, where the centralized process runs for the college ¹³.

The fact sheet records two closing aggregates for the BDS open-merit quota: 91.5% in 2024 and 93.8% in 2025.

NUMS sets the aggregate for BDS admission at 50% entrance test, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC ³. The MDCAT paper itself moved from 210 marks to 200 marks and then to 180 marks over recent years. An aggregate is not the same as a raw score.

Both figures sit on open merit, which is the most competitive line at this section. Expect the cut-off to move each year with the applicant pool. NUMS names the provisional merit list date in its admission advertisement each year ³.

The fact sheet records Military Hospital in Rawalpindi as the attached hospital with 150 beds.

The college names Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi among its teaching hospitals, where students gain clinical exposure ¹.

Facilities recorded in the fact sheet for the section include a military dental centre, a maxillofacial surgery trauma unit and a CAD/CAM dental suite.

The NUMS admission secretariat works from inside Military Hospital in Rawalpindi Cantt ³.

The college does not publish a separate dental hospital page, so check clinical placements with the college before you apply ¹.

The campus address is Army Medical College, Abid Majeed Road, Rawalpindi ².

The college keeps eight hostels on campus, two for female students and six for male students ¹. The contact page describes the college as a residential institution ².

Facilities recorded in the fact sheet include a cadet mess, hostels and the NUMS library.

The college runs a digital learning resource centre, simulation labs, lecture halls and libraries on campus ¹.

Abid Majeed Road places the college in Rawalpindi, the same city as the teaching hospitals it names ¹².

The PMDC register lists the Dental Section, Army Medical College, with 50 seats in Rawalpindi ⁶.

NUMS lists the section as a constituent and affiliated dental college for 2025 ⁵, and the 2024 NUMS list gives amcollege.edu.pk as its website ⁷. The 2025-26 admission advertisement places the section first in the same group ³.

The college lists PMDC, HEC, CPSP, NUMS and WHO among its accreditations ¹.

The fact sheet records PMDC recognition, WHO (WDOMS) listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation for the section.

The fact sheet records hostels and a cadet mess, so students live on the military campus.

The fact sheet records both male and female students at the section.

The fact sheet describes the section as training civilian students and military dental cadets together.

The campus keeps 24-hour internet, a gym and running tracks for students, and the libraries and lecture halls stay open for study ¹. Residential life on the campus dates to the 1977 start of the college ².